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Beaten GryzorHow many people here have beaten Gryzor? And was it hard? Me, I beat it after about 7 months. Even now, I can't get through most of the time.
... actually paid money for Gryzor back in 1987[/QUOTE]
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Opus Discovery Testers NeededHi folks, I wondered if anyone on here had access to real Opus hardware ? I've made a few disk images of the disks I have with the great help of Sim…
... loads when dumped back to disk compared to Simon H's who ... to have a word with Simon Owen about your Opus read ... -
Opus Discovery Testers NeededHi folks, I wondered if anyone on here had access to real Opus hardware ? I've made a few disk images of the disks I have with the great help of Sim…
... loads when dumped back to disk compared to Simon H's ... have a word with Simon Owen about your Opus ...
Yup. I do use Simon's filter driver. It's ... I used VB6 and Simon used C and noone ... 's something remarkable.
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Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
[quote=zxbruno;207697]Back in the days ... , I used this code back in the day to have ... 130 PRINT AT 15,0;"Byte quantity:";cby
140 ... headerlessly a program or byte block to wherever I' ... br /> 201 RET ;Go back to BASIC[/code]Hope it ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... had never an error code back.
[quote=zxbruno;208042 ... and then PEEK it a-byte-at-a-time).
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... had never an error code back.[/QUOTE]
In the ... and then PEEK it a-byte-at-a-time).[/QUOTE]
Question on Z80 R/W cycles.Snipped from the complete spectrum ROM disassembly: [CODE] Now the memory is checked. 11DA RAM-CHECK LD H,D Transfer the value…
... the ALU writes the result back to memory. But if so ... faulty unless it is written back, then re-read again and ... may as well check every byte in the process.Any Project Stealth Fighter players here?Is the game as good as the YS review? Is it worth including in the documentary?
... one point scenery just jum back little. Also noticed that horizon ... my specy back in 1993 it was missing 0 byte string terminator ...childhood mythsthought id continue with todays theme. did anyone hear stories when they were a kid that were obviously bollocks. there were some woods near to a k…
... first then karl then simon and as dean was ... do but Simon quick as a flash jumped back down and ... astma was better. Technically simon saved his life as me ... allways had a respect for simon bravery. The building didnt ... on the roof while simon saved him he still ...A few questions about machine codeOh no... another noob. I'm giving my first steps in assembler (finally, after 20 years stuck in BASIC). I read a SU article explaining that if I wan…
... this: The lower address byte is always $FE and ... being used as a BYTE COUNT like LDIR and ... bit BC register as a byte count (number of repeats). ... , DE = Dest Address, BC = Byte count is specifically defined by ... jump the Program Counter back two bytes to run ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... Starts
14339 First display byte fetch
14340 First attribute ... output to screen, second display byte fetched from memory.
... 14342 Second attribute byte fetch, 3rd and 4th pixels ... wants it, and returns it back to the CPU 1 T ...Budget GamesWhch is your favourite Speccy budget game? *And I don't mean full price re-releases* There were some real class Speccy games that you could pick up …
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... far. I need to go back to the drawing board again ... then it becomes a two-byte POKE (not good). This is ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... documentation as to where the byte fetches occur is fine (start ... I've moved the fetches back and forth a number of ... we all agree, the Wiki byte-fetch timings are real and ... CPU would then get access back and the ULA would continue ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... together, including the last attribute byte being read from port #7FFF ... stabilise on reverting the buses back to CPU, and I've ... have got to put something back in I took out last ... worried about the bus hand-back to the CPU. But good ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... push T3 to after the byte fetches is exactly the same ... etc are pushed after the byte fetches! Nothing of significance happens ... .
I'll get back to you.
ChrisRetro PC games?Following on from the conversation about Blade Runner and Blood for the PC I thought I would start a thread about other 'retro' PC games Under a kil…
... player to be continually trecking back to the inn at the ... Comet - and don't forget Simon the Sorcerer and Theme Park ... out and no sufficiently far back saved game, and I didn ...cronosoft sitei just can't enter cronosoft site at [url]www.cronosoft.co.uk[/url] it give me an error like the site does not exist did the site go down?
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I should be back online by 10th October at ... can to get the website back up and running as soon ... :)
cheers,
SimonSpeccy just snuffed it while playing 3D Pinball :(I have two speccys but the one I use most has just given up the gost! :-( game froze up and now all I get is flashing patterns and lines:-( Everyt…
... for these chips a while back, if not look up the ... />
Kind Regards,
SimonSpeccy just snuffed it while playing 3D Pinball :(I have two speccys but the one I use most has just given up the gost! :-( game froze up and now all I get is flashing patterns and lines:-( Everyt…
... for sending me that chip back-along and saving the day ... />
Thanks again,
SimonSpeccy just snuffed it while playing 3D Pinball :(I have two speccys but the one I use most has just given up the gost! :-( game froze up and now all I get is flashing patterns and lines:-( Everyt…
... for sending me that chip back-along and saving the day ... />
Thanks again,
Simon[/QUOTE]
Makes very ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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g_scrollPos = g_textBuffer; // loop back to the start of the ... and source address after each byte move (like LDIR) but ... operation #8 (rotate source byte left) which starts at the ... the byte there, rotates it left, writes it back and then ...WANTED - Spectrum on/off switch for 48K rubberHi, I am looking for a ON/OFF switch for the 48k spectrum rubber, I could easily make one up myself but for tidyness I'd like a original one. I ca…
... ones preffered! :lol:
Simon[/QUOTE]
I ... is the one I had 'back in the day' and had ...WANTED - Spectrum on/off switch for 48K rubberHi, I am looking for a ON/OFF switch for the 48k spectrum rubber, I could easily make one up myself but for tidyness I'd like a original one. I ca…
... is the one I had 'back in the day' and had ... an order now.:-)
SimonWANTED - Spectrum on/off switch for 48K rubberHi, I am looking for a ON/OFF switch for the 48k spectrum rubber, I could easily make one up myself but for tidyness I'd like a original one. I ca…
... bet they will mail u back with a better offer.[/QUOTE ... for you help,
SimonZX80 with new ROM?There's an interesting ZX80 on sale from eBay US, with some included software. The ZX80 has the original keyboard, however the ROM appears to be the…
... the keyboard has been reverted back to the original one (assuming ... =320167933109[/url]
Cheers, Simon[/QUOTE]
When Sinclair ...Compressors are available for Speccys ?Hi folks, although I was an wasn't strictly a speccy coder in the glory days (amstrad & amiga for the most part), I have secides to arse about with …
... approaches: 1) for each depacked byte, calculate the SCREEN$ line/column ... $ and after depacking, reorder data back from column based to Spectrum ...
